Up until last weekend, the weather in Germany has been a bit loopy. We had snow, then 20C and sunny, then back to cold and cloudy. There was one point where I thought we changed to summer tires too soon. Now the days are a bit more normalized, with sunny and cool forecasts, absolutely perfect weather for the Mountains. Even better than the weather many of the hikes opened last weekend. To celebrate, Dominic, I and two other couples in our friend group, decided to take a nice stroll through the Aschauer Klamm tour in the beautiful hiking region of Berchtesgaden.The hike itself is very family friendly and took us a little over 3hrs to complete. For much of the hike we followed a beautiful well maintain path along a large stream with rushing waterfalls. There is a lovely Gasthaus where one can drink a Radler and enjoy brotzeit before or after the main part of the hike. Our misfit crew of hikers, taking in the beautiful weather and views.
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Last weekend Dominic and I made plans to climb early in the morning, well the initial plan was dashed once we realized we didn’t have our gear . We were still wanting to be active so we opted to do what we thought would be an easy tramp up Hochfelln peak. I’m sincerely grateful we didn’t have our gear to climb, because the easy tramp almost gave me a heart attack. I’m severely under condition to hike anymore. I’ll blame it on the two months I spent back in Ohio.
Well, we started our trek early enough, regardless of our slow pace, that we didn’t run across too many other hikers, on our way up. Since most of the hike crosses through farm land, there were a few cows along the way, but they ignored us. Other than cows dotting the fields, there were ski lifts, a few Almen, which are like alpine restaurants, and a cheaters lift to the top. The paths were well maintained but there were a few parts where the incline/decline was so steep that the gravel rolled under foot. Luckily I’m part mountain goat and didn’t fall. When we reached the top we were greeted by an amazing view and lots of people. The area was big enough that we were able to find a secluded area to enjoy the view in peace. We ate our packed foods, took pictures, and started our way back.On our way down we were surprised by how busy the track got. There were hordes of people, large groups of children on a class trip and families. Everyone was taking advantage of the nice day. |
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